Magazine-firearm.



A. J. SAVAGE. MAGAZINE PIREARM. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3. 19,06.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

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MAGAZINE FIREARM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. s, 1906.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

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ARTHUR J. SAVAGE, OF OHICOPEE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORTO J. STEVENS ARMS da TOOL COMPANY, OF OHICOIEE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS.

MAGAZINE-FIREABM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. SAVAGE, a resident of Ohicopee Falls, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Magazine-Firearms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference ceing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide a firearm of few and simple parts whereby the cost of construction is reduced to a minimum and in which efficiency is not sacrificed and several desirable features introduced.

Figure 1 shows a longitudinal sectional view of the frame and adjacent portions of fire arm of my improved construction with the breech open. Fig. 2 shows the same with the breech closed. Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on line A A of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a partial longitudinal section with the breech partially closed. Fig. 5 is a detail view of portions of the carrier. Fig. 6 is a cross section taken on line B B of Fi 5. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the breech bo t from the underside. Fig. S is a detail view of the firing pin, spring, etc. Fig. 9 is a cross sectional view of the bolt taken on line O C of Fig. 7.

Referring to the reference letters and iigures in a more particular description, 1 indicates the frame which is a piece of general tubular form and receives the breech bolt 2 which is of general cylindrical form, and also receives at its forward end the rear end of the barrel 3. At the forward end the receiver 1 is provided with a depending lug 4 preferably screw threaded into the under forward portion thereof and providing a support for the rear end of the magazine 5, and also adapted to receive the frame screw 6 by means of which the stock 7 is secured to the barrel and frame. The rear end of the barrel in arms of small caliber may be inserted into the forward end of the frame without screw threading, as indicated at 8 and secured in position by the point 9 of the stud 4 before mentioned, the said stud being screw threaded into the receiver. At the rear portion and on the underside the receiver 1 also carries a screw threaded stud 10 in which is pivoted the combination carrier and trigger 11. This piece 11 is in the main a thin plate piece adapted to be stamped out and carries at its forward end the cartridge receiving socket 12, which socket is preferably a separate piece straddling the forward end of the part 11 and secured thereto by a pin 13.

In connection with the forward end of the combination trigger and cartridge carrier and the socket piece 12 thereof, there is provided a reciprocating cartridge pusher 14 having a tooth as shown adapted to engage the head of the cartridge and extending longitudinally in the piece 11, and ada ted to be engaged by the forward end of t e breech bolt. The rear end of the breech bolt is provided with a handle 15 by means of which it is both rotated and reci rocated, and the base of the handle 15 is a apted to engage in a notch or recess 16 in the rear end of the frame whereby the bolt is locked against 1ongitudinal movement when in firing osition. Within the bolt there is mounted t e firing pin 17 which has at its forward end the striking in 18 adapted to be projected through a sma opening m the forward practically solid end of the breech bolt and reach the cartridge when in position in the barrel. The firing pin is retained in the breech bolt by a pin 19 passing transversely through the bolt and through a slotted opening 20 in the firing in. The rear end of the iiring pin is provided with a knob or head 2l by means of which the operator may handle the firing pin. The forward end of the firing pin is provided with a head 17a, while adjacent to the rear end it is surrounded by a ring 22 and between the ring 22 and the head 17 a and around a reduced portion of the firing pin is provided the firing pin spring 23. The ring 22 is retained in position in the breech bolt also by the pin 19, which passes through an enlarged opening in the ring 22 allowing a small amount of lateral movement of the ring 22 with reference to the pin 19. The rear end of the ring 22 is adapted to engage with a shoulder on the rear end of the firing pin so that when not in firing position the spring 23 is confined between the head 17 u on the one hand and practically the shoulder on the rear end of the firing in on the other. When in cocked position t e spring is confined between the head 17 u on vthe forward end of the ring pin and the cross pin 19 at the rear end. At a suitable point on the circumference and at the rear end the breech bolt is out away to afford clearance for the sear 25 to reach the firing in, and the firing pin is provided with a shou der 26 with which the sear is adapted to engage. The sear 25 is a short lever pivoted in the frame and is adapted to be engaged at the forward end by a shoulder 11u on the combination trigger and carrier 11, and 'the sear is operated to engaging position with the firing pin and the trigger Aand sear operated also by a springc28 Vinterposed between the sear and the rear end of the part 11, and preferably coiled around la pin for better maintaining it in position. r1`he forward end of the breech bolt will be provided with a cartridge extractor 29 in the usual manner.

ln operation the forward lend of the carrier is 'adapted to be dropped down into ya position opposite the rear end lof the magazine 5 and when in such lower position to receive a cartridge from the rear end 'of the magazine, the cartridge being forced rearward into the carrier by the usual spring in the magazine. l/Vhen the breech bolt is open the carrier lis adapted to rise to bring the cartridge socket into line with the rear end of the barrel and is caused to move to this position, both by the spring 28 `and vthe vshoulder on the forward side 'of the projection 11b, `engaging with a shoulder on the forward Vend of the breech bolt. in an early part of the forward movement of the breech bolt the same engages with a cartridge pusher 111 and moves the cartridge out -of the carrier socket into the rear end of the barrel. rihe arrangement is such that when the cartridge has partially entered the barrel, suliiciently so to become supported thereby and has passed out of the forward end of the carrier socket, the shoulder 30 on the underside of the breech bolt will come into `engagement with the projection 11b and move the carrier down. rvihis operation is sufficient to allow the forward end of the breech bolt to pass over the rear end of the socket piece 12 in its movement towards the rear end of the barrel. As the breech bolt is moved towards Aclosed position the ring pin is caught by the sear 25 and held back, thereby cooking the firing ain and the shoulder 11a is brought up into c ose relation with the forward end 'of the sear. Then the breech bolt is entirely closed and locked, there will be brought Ainto position directly over the carrier-trigger piece projection 11 a oc'ket or recess 2a in the underside of the breech bolt, which theprojection l1c is adapted to enter, and at other times this projection 11c is adapted to strike the side of the breech bolt and block the movement of the trigger, serving as a safety appliance. When the trigger is pulled by the op- In opening the breech after firing the spent V shell is drawn out by the extractor 2Q at the forward end of the breech bolt 2, and as the carrier rises the shell is flipped out of the opening O in the top of the frame,

l/Vhen the cartridges in the magazine are exhausted the arm can be operated as a single loader, cartridges being introduced through the opening O into the rear end of the barrel, the carrier being moved down out of the way by pressure on the trigger or pressure on the socket piece 12.

What l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Fa-tent is:

Y1. The combination, in a fire arm, with the frame, barrel, magazine, and breech bolt, oi' a part constituting a trigger and a cartridge carrier and having a socket-piece for receiving cartridges, and a breech bolt having a cam shoulder adapted to engage with the said carrier and depress the same to allow the said breech bolt to pass over the said socket piece, substantially as set forth.

2. rlhe combination in a iire arm of a barrel, magazine, breech bolt, carrier having a socket 'adapted to be moved to register with the magazine and with the barrel, and a cartridge pusher consisting of a sliding bar located in a longitudinal groove in the lower wall of the socket and having a tooth proj ecting into the socket, said pusher arranged to lbe engaged to the rear of the socket by the breech bolt, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, a fire arm, of a swinging part constituting a cartridge carrier and trigger, a pivoted sear located at the rear of the pivot of the said swinging part and movable independently thereof, said swinging part being provided with a shoulder to vengage said sear, a spring-pressed firingn pin having a shoulder to be engaged by said scar, a sliding breech-bolt having a cam shoulder to engage said carrier and depress the same when said breech-bolt is moved forward, and a sliding cartridge pusher mounted -on said carrier and arranged to be engaged by said breech-bolt.

4. The combination, in a fire arm, of a swinging part constituting a carrier vand trigger, a sear located rearward of the pivot of the said swinging part and pivoted in the frame for independent movement, said swinging part being provided With ashoulder breech bolt When the latter is moved forif: arranged to engage said sear, a single spring Ward,

acting on said sear and said swinging oarrier- In Witness whereof, I have aixed my trigger part7 and permitting independent signature, in presence of two Witnesses, this movements of the latter and of said Sear, a 31st day of July, 1906.

firing-pin having a shoulder to be engaged ARTHUR J. SAVAGE.

by said sear, a sliding breech-bolt, and a sliding cartridge pusher mounted on said carrier and arranged to be engaged by said Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLoWsJ J. D. GARFIELD. 

